[Main General Bulletin Board | BBFAQ | Prev by Date | Post Followup ] Member Login / Signup - Members see fewer ads. - Latest Member Gallery Photos Re: Americans increasingly self-centered ? >>> Like This Post: - Subscribe to Daily Digest for this Bulletin Board Posted by Michael [Email] (#1365) [Profile/Gallery] (more from Michael) on Mon, 17 Jan 2005 17:46:09 In Reply to: Americans increasingly self-centered ? >>>, BobD, Sun, 16 Jan 2005 11:00:37 Alert me when someone posts in this thread: Members do not see ads below this line. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup

Agreed with all of the above. My anecdote....

I drive I-5 between Eugene and Portland once a week, and I have had plenty of time to notice the following:

There seems to be an inherent need to move left, left, left in the lanes- usually for no reason, and definitely not to pass, just to go left. In the sections with three lanes, the rightmost lane is almost always empty! The only place you can go the speed limit is in the right lane.

Merging from an on ramp is now officially a dead art. No one merges, they simply go the speed they want and then force you out of the lane when they get to the freeway.

And of course, the continual 'sitting' in the passing lane, going just the speed limit or below. I suspsect this has to do with a feeling of moral superiority, i.e. if I'm going what I deem to be a safe speed, that person behind be shouldn't be going faster than me anyway. Or, they just don't notice you are there or the frequent signs that say 'Slower Traffic Move to the Right'.

I'll join your Driver's Club!

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• On Being Uncivil ..., kaslop, Sat, 15 Jan 2005 14:38:15
  • night visibility??, JimBlake , Mon, 17 Jan 2005 13:57:59
  • Madison, Wisconsin, bruhaha, Mon, 17 Jan 2005 10:32:17
  • follow up, kaslop, Mon, 17 Jan 2005 06:36:12
  • I think things are worse now, too., mdj, Sun, 16 Jan 2005 19:04:38
  • Car vs Pedestrian traffic / Bad planning, Camm , Sun, 16 Jan 2005 18:30:11
    • Re: Car vs Pedestrian traffic / Bad planning, kaslop, Mon, 17 Jan 2005 06:01:36
  • Re: On Being Uncivil ..., biggerbox, Sun, 16 Jan 2005 11:14:12
  • Americans increasingly self-centered ? >>>, BobD, Sun, 16 Jan 2005 11:00:37
    • Re: Americans increasingly self-centered ? >>>, Michael , Mon, 17 Jan 2005 17:46:09 <-- Viewing This Message
    • Agree. It's not distraction; it's bad attitude, Erik, Mon, 17 Jan 2005 10:14:07
      • ATL is a good example of those bad examples, RS , Mon, 17 Jan 2005 10:25:53
        • probably both..., kaslop, Mon, 17 Jan 2005 11:54:54
  • Re: On Being Uncivil ..., Daanimal900, Sun, 16 Jan 2005 10:30:29
  • Sure is a problem. Our area is semi-rural and, Noel, Sun, 16 Jan 2005 08:32:11
  • Re: On Being Uncivil ..., Rod'899kT, Sat, 15 Jan 2005 17:24:50
  • IIf you're in my neighborhood..., Viggenator , Sat, 15 Jan 2005 15:21:21
    • rural; turning into suburban... no sidewalks., JimBlake , Mon, 17 Jan 2005 13:46:48
    • rural to semi-rural with ditches, kaslop, Sat, 15 Jan 2005 16:38:55
  • Honestly I think a lot of it is distraction, NateinAA, Sat, 15 Jan 2005 14:48:44
    • Re: Honestly I think a lot of it is distraction, s.martin, Sat, 15 Jan 2005 15:34:34

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